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washington insiders are ready to rumble over the fiscal cliff and how to keep the country from careening over it, for a sense of what's at stake let's just take a tiny peek over the edge. if congress cannot reach a deal, every tax cut that was enacted since the year 2001 would expire. most importantly the bush tax cuts. and that means an average $3500 tax increase per household. on top of that, we would see $110 billion in spending cuts next year followed by $1.2 trillion in spending cuts over the next ten years. now all of the pundits and the prognosticators and the prospect purveyors and the public accountants, they all predict that going over the fiscal cliff is going to wreak havoc on the economy. it's called the fiscal cliff. it's described in the suicidal terms. it is apocalyptic. it is armageddon, the end of everything we hold dear. today, the horror was amplified by a new congressional budget office report that said that if we did go over the fiscal cliff we're going to head back into recession, the unemployment rate would spike to over 9%. terrible picture! but dear junkies, tak
washington insiders are ready to rumble over the fiscal cliff and how to keep the country from careening over it, for a sense of what's at stake let's just take a tiny peek over the edge. if congress cannot reach a deal, every tax cut that was enacted since the year 2001 would expire. most importantly the bush tax cuts. and that means an average $3500 tax increase per household. on top of that, we would see $110 billion in spending cuts next year followed by $1.2 trillion in spending cuts over...
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coming to us from washington is david curson. welcome inside the war room. >> how are you doing governor? >> doing great. >> did you ever imagine one day you would be a member of congress. how cool is that? >> very cool and very unexpected. >> what happened? you obviously, i know -- if you could explain to people how you got there for only seven weeks briefly. >> mccoter resigned in july the sitting representative out of the 11th district. and the petition deadline for the fullterm had closed. we had to find somebody to run and we just didn't hand off to the party that created all this gridlock one more person to come to this important lame duck session with the pledge, somebody that wasn't going to do anything. so we vetted a whole bunch of people that might be interested and some how it ended up on me. >> well, sometimes when you're in the room you are the last guy to raise and stand and volunteer. it'sy so awesome is. if you are only in office seven weeks what is your living situation like? are you sleeping in our office in dc
coming to us from washington is david curson. welcome inside the war room. >> how are you doing governor? >> doing great. >> did you ever imagine one day you would be a member of congress. how cool is that? >> very cool and very unexpected. >> what happened? you obviously, i know -- if you could explain to people how you got there for only seven weeks briefly. >> mccoter resigned in july the sitting representative out of the 11th district. and the petition...
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she's coming to us from washington. and also in washington, david sheppardson, the d.c. bureau chief of the detroit news. welcome to you both inside "the war room." >> thanks, governor. >> thanks for having me. >> jennifer: amy let me start with you. the actual number of electric plug-in cars sold here as a percentage of the overall sales is very small. but talk about whether it is considered at least rapidly growing. >> i think it is all relative and it is growing. and it is growing substantially from where it was in say 2011 to where it is poised to be in 2012 after the next month when we see the final sales in december. it went from 2.23% in 2011, total car sales to right now it is at 3.3%. so it is going up. still a very small piece of the pie. i think that's what you need to remember that you need to keep this in perspective. one interesting dynamic is that a lot of the competition among the electric cars and the hybrids are actually each other. as opposed to traditional gasoline cars. >> jennifer: that's an important fact. and i think that a lot of that has to do w
she's coming to us from washington. and also in washington, david sheppardson, the d.c. bureau chief of the detroit news. welcome to you both inside "the war room." >> thanks, governor. >> thanks for having me. >> jennifer: amy let me start with you. the actual number of electric plug-in cars sold here as a percentage of the overall sales is very small. but talk about whether it is considered at least rapidly growing. >> i think it is all relative and it is...
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it is allowed in six other states plus washington d.c. the supreme court and state legislatures will also take up the issue and now the human rights campaign. the nation's largest human rights group is running a quarter million dollars ad, hoping to enfluence the outcome. >> it's the dawn of a new day. freedom, justice and human dignity have always guided our journey toward a more perfect union. now across our country, we are standing together for the right of gay and lesbian americans to marry the person they love. >> of course that was mar gone freeman's voice. i think he could get me to do anything he wanted with that voice. joining me now is fred gains welcome inside the war room, fred. i want to ask you fred, i want to play a little more of this ad now and ask you about it. >> with historic victories or marriage, we've delivered a mandate for full equality. the wind is at our back, but our journey has just begun. >> i want to ask about the wind being at your back. do you feel that now, do you feel that after this election that the wi
it is allowed in six other states plus washington d.c. the supreme court and state legislatures will also take up the issue and now the human rights campaign. the nation's largest human rights group is running a quarter million dollars ad, hoping to enfluence the outcome. >> it's the dawn of a new day. freedom, justice and human dignity have always guided our journey toward a more perfect union. now across our country, we are standing together for the right of gay and lesbian americans to...
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. >> obama: i've been keeping my own naughty and nice list for washington. so you should keep your eye on who gets some correct this year. there are going to be some members of congress who get 'em and on don't. >> jennifer: that was president obama at the connect toy factory factory. he was warning congress they might end up on the naughty list. and he asked republicans to extend the bush era tax cuts for those making less than $250,000, but not for those making more. echoing the holiday theme with this grinch like association. >> let's not kid ourselves. i'm not trying to make this more difficult. >> jennifer: stalemate. didn't we just start talking? oh wait, he's just posturing right? to sort out the latest tough talk from the posture is michelle bernard founder of the bernard center center for women public policy. welcome back inside "the war room," michelle. >> thank you. >> jennifer: so, how serious is the stalemate that speaker boehner announceed today? >> i was listening to that sound bite a second ago, and i don't know if i want to cry or if i want
. >> obama: i've been keeping my own naughty and nice list for washington. so you should keep your eye on who gets some correct this year. there are going to be some members of congress who get 'em and on don't. >> jennifer: that was president obama at the connect toy factory factory. he was warning congress they might end up on the naughty list. and he asked republicans to extend the bush era tax cuts for those making less than $250,000, but not for those making more. echoing the...
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there was a recent "washington post" editorial who said that the president keeps his cool when the right insults him, but he gets really angry when the right accuses him of playing politics with say national security. do you agree? >> i would argue that one of the things that makes him a great leader but not a good politician is he isn't very petty. particularly earlier he wouldn't respond when he was losing political points to his opponents because he didn't think it was worthy of responding to right? and that cost him down the road and you can see when it comes to someone attacking someone he thinks is qualified to run our country, he gets really angry. same in the debates when he was accused of playing politics with human lives, you saw in his face that that was genuine anger. >> jennifer: so he is attacked from the right and the left, of course comedian bill maher called on president obama to stand up for progressive policies. take a listen. >> but it is now the job of progressives to hold his feet to the fire for causes important to us. if not now, when? there is no third term mr. p
there was a recent "washington post" editorial who said that the president keeps his cool when the right insults him, but he gets really angry when the right accuses him of playing politics with say national security. do you agree? >> i would argue that one of the things that makes him a great leader but not a good politician is he isn't very petty. particularly earlier he wouldn't respond when he was losing political points to his opponents because he didn't think it was worthy...
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he comes to us from washington d.c. andy, welcome back inside "the war room." >> great to be back. >> jennifer: all right. so tell me about these moderate super pacs. who's involved? what issues are they pushing? >> absolutely. so the g.o.p. is in the middle of a reckoning right now. they got their buttsa kicked two weeks ago. especially among minorities in this country. they see the demographics stacked against them. they realize that they have some soul searching to do to figure out the path forward. to be a viable party. in come a group of super pacs, one focuses on immigration reform. one focusing on supporting gay marriage. another on gun control. that are out there and their goal their purpose is to provide political cover to provide air support on the airwaves, if you will, big money, behind republican candidates who will say no to the fringe, who will say no to the far right and will take moderate positions more centrist positions on these hot button issues. >> jennifer: so who's controlling the agenda? the poli
he comes to us from washington d.c. andy, welcome back inside "the war room." >> great to be back. >> jennifer: all right. so tell me about these moderate super pacs. who's involved? what issues are they pushing? >> absolutely. so the g.o.p. is in the middle of a reckoning right now. they got their buttsa kicked two weeks ago. especially among minorities in this country. they see the demographics stacked against them. they realize that they have some soul searching...
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joining me now is nancy cook budget and tax correspondent for the national journal coming to us from washington d.c. welcome inside the war room. >> thanks so much for having me. >> jennifer: you bet. it's the speaker's move now what do you think he will ask for in addition to maybe what we have described here? and when do you think that he will come back with a plan? >> i think what we have to look for next week is, you know, the speaker coming back with some sort of plan that asks for more spending cuts. the president the initial plan that he put forward today through secretary geithner had some $400 billion in spending cuts, that was a big gap between that and the revenue that the president was asking form i think the speaker will come back and say went much bigger spending cuts, we want them to take effect immediately along with any revenue that we want. and the speaker going to look for big drastic changes in medicare medicaid and perhaps social security. >> jennifer: i agree. and i don't know that -- i believe that social security will be absolutely a no go with this -- with the democrati
joining me now is nancy cook budget and tax correspondent for the national journal coming to us from washington d.c. welcome inside the war room. >> thanks so much for having me. >> jennifer: you bet. it's the speaker's move now what do you think he will ask for in addition to maybe what we have described here? and when do you think that he will come back with a plan? >> i think what we have to look for next week is, you know, the speaker coming back with some sort of plan...
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he comes to us tonight from washington, d.c. tim thank you so much for being here. >> thank you, governor. >> jennifer: how important was it to regional stability that this deal was brokered by both the u.s. and egypt's muslim brotherhood. >> it's extremely important. the question is how durable this ceasefire will be. every day israelis living in the area around the gaza strip don't believe it's durable. tomorrow morning the schools in two of the towns within range, they are going to be close, and the reason is people aren't sure hamas will keep to its end of the bargain. >> jennifer: obviously those rockets out of the gaza today are some indication of that. this is not a permanent solution, but how are both sides spinning it? >> sure. there the israel standpoint they are saying this conflict has allowed us to demonstrate the resiliency of this iron dome defense system. gaza has been able to say we have been able to fight off a lot of attacks from israel this shows our resiliency. their coming to a ceasefire is a broader view f
he comes to us tonight from washington, d.c. tim thank you so much for being here. >> thank you, governor. >> jennifer: how important was it to regional stability that this deal was brokered by both the u.s. and egypt's muslim brotherhood. >> it's extremely important. the question is how durable this ceasefire will be. every day israelis living in the area around the gaza strip don't believe it's durable. tomorrow morning the schools in two of the towns within range, they are...
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she joins us from washington d.c. linda, it is like christmas eve for political junkies. >> it's great to be here. you're right, it is christmas eve for those pollsters. >> it is so fun. how do you feel about tomorrow? >> i feel cautiously optimistic, but i think you had the most important story. we cannot let this election be stolen by people throwing voters away and throwing voters out. it's an outrage what's going on in states like florida and ohio. >> it is, and it's a marginal amount. if ohio is insisting on 300,000 people using provisional ballots and setting you will hurdles all of that makes a difference. what early results might predict who wins, what are you going to be watching? >> so the first state i'm going to be watching is virginia, which closes at 7:00 eastern tile. obviously if we win that state that's a good start. north carolina at 7:30, ohio at 7:30. one important thing to watch in ohio is how many of these votes are disputed, but also what's the level of turnout. the republicans say one of the be
she joins us from washington d.c. linda, it is like christmas eve for political junkies. >> it's great to be here. you're right, it is christmas eve for those pollsters. >> it is so fun. how do you feel about tomorrow? >> i feel cautiously optimistic, but i think you had the most important story. we cannot let this election be stolen by people throwing voters away and throwing voters out. it's an outrage what's going on in states like florida and ohio. >> it is, and it's...
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>> i think washington and colorado have a good chance. what it's really coming down to in those states is women. with mothers who got the prohibition in this country and it could be mothers that could keep us from having legalized marv. it looks like young people, it's a generation thing but men support legalized marijuana. in colorado, it looks like it's going to pass, very close. obviously that could help the presiden in washingtotoadad the initiative passing by 16 points. i think romney should be talking about this stuff as much as possible. he's going to need to go someplace to smoke something to deal with it. >> something tells me he doesn't want to touch it with a 10-foot pole. i understand what you're saying about women. mothers worried about their kids or they think marijuana is a gateway drug i bet you that's a big barrier in those states, but something tells me it's going to pass overwhelmingly. there's a series of issues, idaho, california and alabama have propositions that accounted limit collective bargaining, and then michig
>> i think washington and colorado have a good chance. what it's really coming down to in those states is women. with mothers who got the prohibition in this country and it could be mothers that could keep us from having legalized marv. it looks like young people, it's a generation thing but men support legalized marijuana. in colorado, it looks like it's going to pass, very close. obviously that could help the presiden in washingtotoadad the initiative passing by 16 points. i think...
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of course, one of the most successful lobbying organizations in washington d.c. according to grover norquist 219 house members and 39 senators have signed americans for tax reform's no new taxes pledge. grover norquist's pledge. but now with the fiscal cliff looming, lawmakers who were once staunchly against raising revenues seem to be changing their tone a little bit. and grover norquist's influence may be fading fast. >> fewer and fewer people are signing this pledge. >> the pledge is dead. >> i'm not saying it's dead but i am saying the majority of members of congress see the fiscal cliff we want to sit down and we want to get something worked out. >> if you appropriate some of the money you achieved by eliminating deductions and loopholes to the national debt, even though that may technically violate the pledge, sign me up. that's a reasonable accommodation for a republican to make. >> jennifer: for the record, that was senators john mccain and lindsey graham so the question is this grover norquist's last stand? here with an answer is donnie fowler. donnie of
of course, one of the most successful lobbying organizations in washington d.c. according to grover norquist 219 house members and 39 senators have signed americans for tax reform's no new taxes pledge. grover norquist's pledge. but now with the fiscal cliff looming, lawmakers who were once staunchly against raising revenues seem to be changing their tone a little bit. and grover norquist's influence may be fading fast. >> fewer and fewer people are signing this pledge. >> the...